normally in the british house of commons that line gets voted down as well our leader ed miliband simply stood up for what's called a point of order after that vote and asked mr cameron whether you could give an undertaking that he wouldn't put british forces into action without a further vote that was all he asked mr cameron used that to to read from a prepared text to say words to the effect that he was not to bring about a back the house of commons at all so this is a situation of freedom is to cameron has brought on himself so well but just in a nutshell where are the big holes and cameron's case and his presentation what first of all was in the timing we were brought back from our recess our holidays four days before we were due to go back anyway so what he's thinking what's the urgency here is there about to be a missile strike launched over the weekend are we to be presented with. significant intelligence. that we never offered a proper explanation so people were brought back without proper explanation and they were left wondering why that was secondly we were brought back before

arises what do you do about it and one of the reasons why there was such hesitation in the british house of commons when we debated this the end of august was because no one was clear and we will suppose that spoke out to see. what the consequence would be we were told that there were going to be. some tomahawk missile strikes that morning president obama said that this would be a shot across the bow of the syrian regime but shots across the bow of toucan they don't cause damage so the question then was what happens if the shot across the bow doesn't work and. that was never started. except we learned from. communications which had taken place between the head of the u.s. military chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and leading congressmen that the united states fully understood that they had no plans and no capacity short of quotes hundreds of ships and thousands of special forces to take out our sites chemical weapons capabilities so we were left scratching our heads what was going to be the consequence of this action and that remains a worry but one thing for certain is for certain is that if

. >> the british house of commons is currently in recess. prime minister's questions will not be shown tonight. topics range from foreign policy to domestic issues in the u.k.. ♪ >> please welcome the leader of the labour party, ed miliband.♪ ♪ [applause] >> i want to start by thanking somebody from the bottom of my heart. a round of applause for justine, ladies and gentlemen. [applause] not my mum, but a woman called ella phillips. she rode past me on her bike. she fell off. i helped her off, and she called me something i had never been called before. she said i was an action hero. why are you laughing? she said i was an action hero who mysteriously appeared out of nowhere. she said ed was not geeky at all. she said even the way he appeared was suave. i don't know why you find this so funny. he was dressed casually but had style. sounds like me, doesn't it? i was pretty pleased with this, as you can tell, until something dawned on me. ella said, i was seeing things because i was in quite a daze. you are not kidding, but let me say, if you a

. >> the british house of commons is in recess this week, so prime minister's questions will not be seen tonight. next written step you do prime britain'sick clegg -- deputy prime minister nick likes spoke about the party current achievements as well as how the party will move forward. an hour.t [applause] >> if you think the new party looks like the old alliance, you are right. >> a fair, free society in which we seek to balance the fundamental values of liberty, equality and community. >> it is set of our determination to bring self- government to scotland and wales and true democracy to britain, the return of power to the people, to create a citizens democracy. we are right. >> all people share the same basic rights. >> the courage to face down. >> we champion the freedom, dignity and well-being of individuals. >> we will stand up above all else for social justice. we have to give a voice to the disadvantaged and displaced. >> we are committed to fight poverty, oppression, hunger, ignorance, disease. >> the house of commons should be given the right of a vote on whether our forces sho

britain taking military action against syria was the topic of debate this past week in the british house of commons. prime minister david cameron met with the house of commons to outline military intervention saying there was little doubt syria used chemical weapons. members eventually voted 285-2782 not to move forward with military force. up next, some of that debate between the prime minister and other members of the house of commons. this is just over an hour. >> the british house rejected a proposal for the response to syria. mr. cameron had recalled parliament to outline the basis for military action, saying it was beyond doubt that the syrian government used chemical weapons against its own people and that the uk cannot stand aside. >> we begin with members of the house motion, motion number 1. the leader of the house to move the motion. thank you. we have a summary of the government's legal position, making it explicit that no action would have a legal basis at the moment. we have the legal basis from the joint intelligence committee. e have a motion from the government to set back a path o

you have been watching prime minister's questions from the british house of commons. question time airs live on c- span to every wednesday at 7:00 a.m. eastern when the house of commons is in session. and again on sunday nights at 9 p.m. eastern and pacific on c- span. watch any time at c-span.org where you can find video of past prime minister's questions and other british public affairs programs. >> on the next "washington journal" our guests are washington examiner chief congressional correspondent susan for riccio and politico senior reporter money roger -- ju. later the obama administration offered $2 billion for job programs at community colleges. we are joined by scott traffic -- by scott jasch

the british house of commons said it was inflated by pop ups. as you know these guys wear robes for a reason. doesn't this prove that politics are boring and it is left in front of a computer for a long period of time? >> first of all pop ups is the point. they are working hard for brief spurts and then taking a break and having a good time. porn actually decreases sexual assault. look how much sexual assault is happening in parliament. none, good. 800,000 is not nuff. >> interesting perspective diane. every organization has this problem. wherever you go people are getting the faucet of pornography pouring into their office and showering them with pornographic images. they can't get it off themselves. they are soaking in it. >> what delightful world do you live in? >> especially in the uk you can't watch it on cable anymore. >> you can't because. >> they are forcing the cable companies -- you have to call up your cable company and request -- hello can i please have porn on my television? >> they are going out with internet providers too. we talke

. >> you know, for a minute there, i thought i was actually back covering canadian house of commons, where the british house of commons, i never heard so many neas and nays at one time. i want to bring back wolf blitzer and gloria borger. that was a powerful statement the speaker of the house just made. americans don't want to see the government shut down and they don't want obama care. wolf blitzer, which one do they want less? >> the senate, i thought the most interesting thing was when eric cantor cited four democratic senators who are up for re-election who are many of them in conservative states, prior of arkansas, hagan of north carolina, mary landrieu of louisiana, begich of alaska. what he was trying to do is say you know what, you four democratic senators who are up for re-election, you better be worried right now because if you vote with harry reid and the democrats, against what the house of representatives has just passed, you could be potentially in big, big trouble. so the pressure is clearly going to mount and eric cantor, the majority leader in the house of representatives, clearly sig

. -- ifs the prime minister it were not her this house of commons reflecting the mood of the british public, britain and the united states would already be in the midst of what it has turned out would have been a wholly unnecessary war? is this a vindication of parliament and a vindication of the churchill's words? >> what it is a vindication of his determination to stand up to chemical weapons use. we would not be in this of pursuing new avenues to get syrian chemical weapons out of syria and destroyed unless a strong stance had been taken. that is the right answer to my not crawling up to dictators and telling them how wonderful they are. >> you have been watching the ministers questions from the british house of commons. question time airs live on c- span2 every wednesday at 7:00 a.m. eastern when the house of commons is in session. again, sunday night at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. for the next few weeks, the house of commons will be in recess as members had to their party conferences. you can find video of past from ministers questions and other programs in our video library. t

as we saw, it haunted the british house of commons when they had their debate and voted no to intervention. final word before we go to the break. the french government this monday is preparing to publicly release details from its intelligence services about suspected chemical weapons attacks. as they say they have further proof. how we believe them after what happened in iraq? >> the problem is not to believe them or what the intelligence is . i think there will be a new report. it will be a clear report. everybody is quite aware that evidence against the regime in this size case, even though it has to be proved. there is a much bigger problem beyond that, beyond establishing the fact and evidence on the chemical attack. it is the question of what do we do? what is the strategy? everybody is talking about punitive strikes. what is beyond punitive strikes? this is a much bigger problem than just establishing the fact and having a reaction. for the congressman, like for the french mps, this is the main problem now. how do we retaliate and ensure that the retaliation is not more risky than do

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subject in thehe british house of commons this morning. prime minister david cameron answering some questions this morning. let's show you some of that right now. >> there is no difference in this house because all parties in this hell need to stand up for the innocent people of syria. issue -- i think the house has approached this issue in a calm and measured way and should carry on doing that. the point at issue is how to do that. there are big barriers as we found out over the last year or more to the geneva peace talks actually happening. whether there is a case for immediate talks between those parties backing the rebels and those countries backing the regime. that happened in the civil war in lebanon and would provide a basis for discussion. >> i agree with the right honorable gentleman that britain should use its diplomatic muscle to discuss with those countries that goes back to the regime and join with those countries who back the rebels and opposition to bring this talks about. that's why i've had repeated discussions with preside

action in syria but they did lose the vote in the house of commons and david cameron has said he heard the message from the house of commons from the british people and it's unlikely that the government will go back to the house of commons for a second vote. they have pretty much accepted the fact that britain will not take part in a military strike. now, when secretary of state kerry is here meeting with william hague and other members of the british government, it's expected there may be other things that the brits will offer up, perhaps intelligence gathering, perhaps other things that could be done to support a military intervention. but not actually any it kind of military assets. >> thank you, phil ittner from rondon. >>> congress has been off for five years and the recess ends tomorrow to many who are returning to deal with the syrian crisis. democrats and republicans, an increasing number say they don't support the president's call for military action. paul beban is live from washington. have most lawmakers decided how they are going to vote? >> reporter: morgan, the numbers are certainly not favorable in the house or in the senate

captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] ♪ ♪ >> the british house of commons resets -- recess for the next two weeks. prime minister's questions returns wednesday, october 9. you can watch it on c-span 2 at or later in the week. the debate over federal spending was a topic on many of the sunday morning talk shows. senators ted cruz and claire mccaskill talked about the bill passed last week. theould continue to fund government. here is a little of what the senators had to say on the subject. >> the first order of business is going to be to ask harry reid if you will agree to allow amendments to be subject to 60 vote threshold, and that is typical of the senate. in all likelihood, he is going to say no, because he wants to use brute force exactly the same way he passed the bill three he will have what he always that bad. we can say we will not allow you to add the funding that oracle, care. >> sir, if i may, you say this power, a lyrical procedural gimmick. it is senate rule 22, which has been around for years. rules,art of the senate and after you take cloture

he had a couple of reasons, first and foremost, what happened in the british house of commons last weekrejecting a proposal put forth by prime minister david cameron." based on your understanding of this white house and what we can expect, take us back to last friday evening and -- and the debate that ensued. caller: i tell you, we're in a 24/7 news cycle but if you just think a couple days ago, most people thought that a strike was imminent on syria and it could have happened as early as thursday. and then we saw this really stunning reversal by the white house. i think affected by letters in congress asking for congressional approval that got a lot of signatures from both republicans and democrats. and certainly the vote in great britain i think had an impact. but -- but you think that possibly that would have an impact the other way, that you wouldn't ask congressional approval, especially because the vote in britain on syria went down. so this is a gutsy call by the president and that's why so many people, including within the white house, were stunned and i think another key person

. >> and the british parliament. the house of commons voted not to intervene. you think it's different for the president if it has been reversed? >> this is a game-changing moment and a real shock. i think that it led obama to go to congress and seek congressional support. after all, britain is america's closest ally. they're followed the americans in to almost every war including iraq. if they won't come along now, what does it say about the war effort? the brits would follow the americans to the gates of hell but won't go in to syria. >> okay. that's an interesting way of putting it. well, the french? >> right. >> france and turkey are on board. not big enough? >> the u.s. has its coalition of the willing. >> right. >> but it's not a very large coalition and not very willing. right? >> why. >> the irony is the french to get a lot of bad criticism back in around the time of the iraq war for the opposition to that. so we're not seeing the kind of broad international support that you would want to see before engaging in an extremely risky intervention in sir why

normally the british are the first to step up alongside the americans with military support, but because the government of david cameron lost that vote in the house of commons, the british are not in any way, shape or form going to contributing military asset to say anything in syria. interesting to see william hague here, the british foreign secretary, but nevertheless, it's being held in paris, because basically, the french were the ones that were going to go along with any kind of strike. >> you mentioned the some of it in the nato alliance. what will this group push for as the best alternative if this deal doesn't work? >> that's what a lot of these talks, the bulk of the talks here today between the british, french and americans were about is how to put together the wording of this resolution that will be taken to the u.n. security council, and how the west is going to contribute to the wording of that. the russians and chinese still have that veto power in the security council, so, as james bay was just saying, this will have to be delicately worded. the west is standing by the stance that the assad regime only came to the negotiating table, started t

[shouting] >> last week the house of commons voted clarity, and i said i respect the outcome out of that vote and i won't breed bring you back plans for british participation in military action. i agree with that we must use everything went in our power, our diplomatic networks our influence with other countries, our membership of all the key bodies, the g8, the g20, the u.n., the eu, nato, use all that influence to bring to bear. my only regret of last week is i don't think it was necessary to divide the house on a vote that could lead to a vote but he took the decision that it was. [shouting] >> the uk, we hear today the uk business activity is at its highest level for six and a half years. does this not show that the government economic policies are working? will the prime minister commit to ensuring out increase prosperity help us today for the northwest release program? >> i will certainly got the proposal he makes. i know that he wants it to be a connected house in our country and he puts that case regularly. but the good news about this economic recovery, early days though it is, is we're seeing it in more people in work. the our 935,0

of this trip. he's expected to meet with a high-ranking british government representatives but what exactly he hopes to gain is seen as the house of commons voted down participation, it's unclear. >> and, philip, i guess that raises the question about what can be accomplish in london, because the british parliament vetoed action against the assad regime. i guess that leaves the french. >> indeed. it does leave the french. the french, turks, a nato member state. what he hopes to gain - other things other than military action. the brits are hawkish. david cameron has been public about their support for a u.s.-led strike in syria, but don't have the votes in parliament. perhaps they'll get humanitarian aid or other assets, but not military assistance. >> phil itner joining us live from london. >> pope francis asks the world to pray for peace, this is what he said during his address >> translation: is it really a war over problems, or is it a commercial war to sell these arms on the black market? >> the pope questioning the motives behind wars, asking for people to fight not for interest but peace in the common good. >> he held a vij il in st

house of commons. he talked about syria, the british economy, and youth unemployment. those are shared with the whole industry across the whole of the north sea and beyond. >> order. questions to the prime minister. >> question number one, mr. speaker. >> prime minister? thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, today marks the 12 members of the tragic terrorist attack on new york's twin towers. i'm sure the whole house will wish to join in sending our condolences to all those who are affected by this aborted attk including the families of the 67 british citizens who lost their lives. these terrorists seek to divide us but they don't understand their actions only make us more determined and more united in our resolve to defeat them. mr. speaker, this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others, and in addition to my duties in this house, i shall havfurther such meetings later today. >> i'm sure the whole house will wish to associate himself with the prime minister's comments on this anniversary. we ar are hauntedof its images y see. millions needing a day,

around the middle of the war to british reluctantly came to expect general james came to regret from 1775 when he said the americans were sent to fight. he admitted to the house of commons that he'd never saw those regiments and then the most hated of all to pay some of the highest compliments to his father he praised general greene for judiciously to the march to virginia. it marks the wisdom and bigger of the american and british. lieutenant general johnson respected the skills from warfare when he saw the most excellent marksman would be helpful in warfare. and the other was forced into their confidential army but were not as good as the english themselves. they would marvel at the achievement of the soldiers. he has'' of 100 years ago that alex of the multitude of rubble with they enter into a close distance with crowned heads. he paid tribute to the poor fellows his testimony was all the more powerful and later became filled the being author of military tactics and the commanding general. "the men who lost america" preserve the rest of the british empire through the caribbean. not just a story of defeat. we should be tied of the books said men who want canada. [lau

i think it shows how isolated he felt after the british vote in the house of commons. he felt simply that he couldn't -- it was too much of a risk. obama has always been very reluctant to get involved in syria. he's doing this because he drew the red line but i think he felt weary of it himself and he wanted more support. it's a big gamble. there must be a serious chance he won't get that vote. >> just very quickly want to bring in the latest from the russian foreign minister. russia and syria urge the u.s. to focus on convening peace talks. is there still a way for a diplomatic solution to this? >> well, i think there is. it's tough negotiation. you have to bring the two sides together and convince them to end and it's only a political formula that would stabilize syria. the details whether assad is part of that solution, who in the regime is part of the process. these are the real controversial issues. but with the russians and the syrians, they're trying to convince the u.s. that the regime would be willing to move forward with negotiations if they actually -- if th

of action. >> the secretary is in britain. what does he hope to achieve since the british parliament has vetoed any military action that would be taken against the assad regime? >> reporter: well, the house of commons did vote down contributing any military assets, but the government of david ram ron remains quite hawkish and supportive of some sort of military strike in syria. they may contribute other things on the periphery, perhaps humanitarian aid medicine to help anybody who does suffer chemical attack. it's also interesting to note that they do have assets in the eastern mediterranean, the brits do and the ministry of defense today admitted or announced really that they had scrambled jets previously last week when some aircraft started to come out of syria into sipriate air spors -- cyprius air space. they had assets in the area but they will not contribute any offensive weaponry to a possible strike in syria. >> phil ittner. thank you very much. >>> syrian president bashar al-assad tells cbs news he was not behind any chemical weapons attack in syria. it is his first interview with an american television network in two years. assad suggesting the rebels had used those weapons and there woul

house of commons. in his remarks this past week, he acknowledge the inventor -- the anniversary of 9/11 and talked about the topic that syria, the british economy and youth unemployment. >> questions to the prime minister. >> question number one. >> thank you, mr. speaker. today marks the 12th anniversary of the tragic terrorist attack on new york's twin towers. i am sure the whole house wishes to join me in sending condolences to all those affected by this attack including the families of the 67 british citizens who lost their lives. these terrorist seek to divide us but they do not understand their actions only make us more determined and more united in our resolve to defeat them. mr. speaker, i had meetings with others in addition to my duties, i will have more today. >> annette brooks. >> i am sure the whole house will wish to associate themselves with the prime minister's comments on this anniversary. we are haunted by images from syria. millions of people needing aid, children guiding. i think the prime minister for his leadership at the d -- g-20. will he now prepare a concrete ton of what steps to take gain international support

. >> coming up next on c-span, british prime minister david cameron is taking questions from members of the house of commons. then vice president biden in independent ola, iowa, part of our road to the white house 2016 coverage. after that another chance to see "q&a" with retired army officer andrew bacevich. hisy summers has withdrawn name from consideration as the next federal reserve chairman. in a letter to president obama, he wrote -- served as treasury secretary under bill clinton. he was considered by many as a front runner to replace the current federal reserve chairman ben bernanke whose term ends in january. reacting to the letter president obama released, a statement. it reads --

then british prime minister david cameron takes questions from the members of the house of common sense. after that, the european commission president jose manuel barrosso with questions from straszburg, france. >> your new book, "breach of trust" talks in the beginning some about vietnam. how much did your time in vietnam impact what you think today? >> very substantially. although not because my time in vietnam was toward the end of the war. summer of '70 to summer of '71. the experience stuck with me less because of anything i experienced as a combat platoon leader, but from what i saw in terms of the it gave me an idea of the terrible effects of long war. >> how long were you in the army? >> 15 years. we served until 1992. it was a year in vietnam early on. but for the most part, i was -- my experiences were those of a serving officer in the latter part of the cold war. we thought that we existed to be prepared, to fight world war iii, and that our ready to do that would prevent world war iii from happening. so i spent seven years in germany and most of the rest of the time in state

. >> house of commons, a direct result of sending british soldiers to iraq, they don't want to do it again. that's exactly what they said, it was a vote about iraq, not about this. >> if it is not for boots on the ground, what's the problem. >> that's the problem. >> i think there's another reason, because these countries don't spend enough money on defense. they're worried about the entitlement spending, have all of the other domestic programs that they have to deal with, they do not have growing economies. the bottom line, we don't have spare change. and the united states, i don't think we spend enough on defense, plus we're dealing with the sequester, which some conservatives argue should be in place even after this. i think it is hurting our troops and capability. in the coming months as they have debate of funding of the government moving forward, should conservatives hold their feet to the fire, demand some financial concession or on entitlements or tax reform to help fund the military more? >> i don't know. i think if we go, we have to fund the military like we always have, we

on the british side, both william pitt in the house of lords and edmund burke in the house of commons abdicated the solution to ending the continental congress both thomas jefferson and john dickinson crafted a revolution called, what do you call it? it was a resolution appealing to the king on this principle. you let us ask ourselves and our legislatures, and legislate for ourselves, and we will remain in the empire, recognizing the authority of the king and recognizing our membership in the british empire economically. we are both beneficiaries of that. as i say, both sides, there are people on both sides arguing for this. up through the middle of the spring of 1776. this is the answer that the british will later regret they don't accept, or act on. this will be the biggest blunder in the history of british statecraft. why don't they want to do it? why don't they see that this is the way? three reasons. first of all, william blackstone, the great jurist, has ruled in 1765, or asserted, that there must be a single source of sovereignty in the empire. and in any government. there cann

house of commons about the surprise to you . well mr president has said it was he surprised my toes who has said about his appreciation. wealthy british. market. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines kaiser reports. ok. it's a little while in the middle of a big part of virginia. probably one of the best areas and. this is. before. all here. way up there. as goal. right here or somebody had stones from the graves it is a fruits that's what we don't want happen to you all and we want to get some protection make sure that we don't go into the chesapeake bay like a bird did in other communities. look with snowden and syria between russia and america from the outside a local really tense putting yesterday in his interview first of all about syria his tone was pretty mild when he was asked about obama's super diplomatic and also very mild he said he doesn't see any catastrophe you know bombing not coming to moscow prior to the g. twenty or use. how do you think things are really looking between the u.s. and russia at this point with two major i

. >> does the prime minister know that if it were not for this house of commons reflecting the mood of the british public britain and the united states would already be in the midst of what has turned out would have been a holy unnecessary war? isn't this a vindication of parliament and a vindication of mr. churchill's words that -- [inaudible] >> what it is an indication of his determination to stand up to chemical weapons usage. we would not be in a situation are pursuing new avenues for getting syrian chemical weapons out of syria and destroyed unless a strong stance had been taken. that is the right answer not calling up the dictators and telling them how wonderful they are. >> order. >> yes the world is changing. now we can control every event that america remains the one indispensable nation and world affairs and as long as i'm president i intend to keep it that way. >> when the present and their ear clip was talking about where the indispensable nation what he doesn't want us to talk about and doesn't want americans to contemplate. what he does want americans to contemplate is we don't know

. >> last week the house of commons voted clearly, and i've said i respect the outcome out of that vote, and i won't be bringing back transfer british anticipation of military action. i agree we must use everything about iran's behavior. the question is, how are we we can in our power, our diplomatic networks, our influence with other countries, our membership of all the key bodies to bring to bear. my only regret of last week as i don't think was necessary to divide the house on a vote [indiscernible] [cheers] >> thank you, mr. speaker. we hear today the u.k. services business activity index is at its highest level for 6.5 years. does this not show the government economic odysseys are working? and with the prime minister commit to ensuring our increased prosperity, help us to pay [indiscernible] [applause] >> the good news about this economic recovery from early as it is, we are seeing it more and more. there are more people employed and there were when this government came to office. 1.3 million private sector jobs. we need to see further progress with that because the best route out of poverty -- the best way to improve living st

british prime minister failed to get the support of the house of commons for the attack.in syria. pope francis hopes to lead a worldwide day of fasting and prayers next sunday. the announcement comes after they write a five-hour prayer vigil last night to offer support for the billions in syria. and they also condemned the use of chemical weapons. >>> hundreds of activists proposed the mill tar action in syria protesting outside the white house and in cities across the nation this weekend. >> and they are just using a humanitarian speech. you don't bomb people for any reason. >> about 100 protesters carried syrian and american flags. rallies were held in san mateo, oakland, new york, boston, houston. in europe close to 1,000 people turned out for a protest in london while 700 people rallied in frankfort. >> i want to let the american president know that we want peace, we don't want war. to leave us alone, to take care of this government. it is for real and stay out of the middle east. where you are making everything worse. >> 50% of the americans in a recent poll said tha

we know the british prime minister david cameron will not be calling for another vote in house of congress -- in the house of commonsis is a remarkable step. i think that you have people like rockman in the financial times. -- verynteresting rock interesting look. the allusion is over. he turned out to be a and international sculpture of the international system. now, stepping back from a conflict like this, it is taking itself out and finally punctuating the end of -- and of aspiration that perdition aspiration. -- british bremmer's basic purpose is that we are moving into a world where there is no significant strong arrangement that continues between nations, that continues to guide global affairs. it is not going to be g2 between china and the united states, not the g-8, not the g 20. we will come to a fluid set of relationships to in countries that are unsteadily ad hoc, -- that are constantly ad hoc, constantly rewritten, constantly fell apart. what we have seen britain do give some support to ian's thesis. the: we are getting perspective of steve clemons of "the atlantic" magazine. we welcome your calls and co

. >> the house of commons voted clearly and i said i respect the out come out of that vote, and i won't be bringing back plans for the british participation in military action. i agree with him we must use everything we have in our power come out for diplomatic networks, our membership of all of the key bodies, the g8, the key 20, the u.n., e.u., nato, all of that influence to bring to bear. my regret last week as i don't think it was necessary to bring the house on the votes for the decision that it was. >> thank you, mr. speaker. leave here today if the services business activity index is at the highest level for six and a half years. does this show the government's economic policies are working and whether the prime minister commit to ensure the increased prosperity and to participate? [laughter] >> looking at the proposal he makes i know that she wants it connected in our country and he puts that case regularly. but the good news about this economic recovery, relievo as it is, is we are seeing it in more people. there are 935,000 more people employed than there were when the government came to office. 1.3 million private

. >>> british prime minister took questions this morning on the u.k.-syria policy. lane week after the house of commons narrowly defeatedded his motion calling for military action against the syrian government. labor leader who lead that opposition questioned the prime minister. you can see today's discussion in the entirety online at c-span.org. w >>> it'sho no different within e house. ierence w and need to stand up for the innocent people of syria. up fte the question -- s the question estion at issue -- [shouting] >> i think the house is approach this issue so far in a calm measured way and should carry on doing that. the point is how to do that. now, mr. speaker, there are large barriers, big barriers as we found that over the last year or more to the geneva to piece talks actually happening. whether there isn't a case for immediate talks between those parties backing those countries the rebels, and those countries backing the regime. that happened during the civil in lebanon and it would at least provide a basis for discussion. >> i agree with the right honorable gentleman that britain should use

. >> last week the house of commons voted clearly and i've said i respect the outcome not about the time i won't be bringing that plans for britisharticipation in military action. i agree we must use everything we have in our power, our diplomatic effort, membership of all the key bodies of the gh comaneci 20, u.n., e.u. all that influence to bring to bear. i only regret is i don't be too is necessary to divide the house on a boat that could have led to a decision that it was. [shouting] >> thank you, mr. chairman. we hear today the u.k. service business activity index is at its highest level for six and a half years. does this not show that the government's economic policies are working and whether the prime minister commits to ensuring our increased prosperity helps to pay? [shouting] >> or so it may look at the proposal he makes. i know you must be connected in our country and puts that case regularly. the good news about the economic recovery, as we are eating and more people. they're 935,000 more people employed then there were when this government came to office. 1.3 million private sector jobs than they need to see further

. >> and now to london for prime minister's question time live from the british house of commons. every wednesday while parliament is in session, prime minister david cameron takes questions from members of the house of commons. prior to question time the house is wrapping up other business. this is live coverage on c-span2 your. >> a reminder for all the heavy engineering and the high-tech industry in the north sea. it's at the heart of people's business and family and friends of victims and those that travel every week offshore need to be reassured they are always being done to ensure their safety. will he meet with us to see what can be done to ensure that the lessons learned from these tragedies are learned quickly so the people can be reassured safety operations the? >> i would say to my honorable friend that he like many others on both sides of this house have from in years campaigned on safety issues in the north sea and we are committed to the highest possible standards. of course, we want to see what the lessons are that are learned from this tragedy, make sure those are

the uk independence party currently holds 11 seats in the european parliament and the british house of commons. this is 40 minutes. >> good morning, everyone. >> good morning. >> we have been on the march for 20 long years and there have been many failures and many disappointments and many ups and downs, and many things lost in the course we have been at peace and laughed at and delighted. but despite that, over the course of the last 80 months, something remarkable is happening and we are now changing the face of british politics. [applause] [applause] >> coming in second in the election and up by 16%, a tremor sent through westminster. richard alvin of the northeast, and then second in south shields, they have the wage labor vote and they must be using the imperial measurements of air. [laughter] because the vote went from zero to 25% in the space of three weeks. truly remarkable. [applause] [applause] and then of course the election were again in the election in three weeks, john james, 11,000 votes, the vote share was up by 24%. had gone on for another week, it would've overtaken things, b